Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-02-25
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BRATTLEBORO.
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY p. 1897.


Yesterday in the House, where the hill
originated, the vote standing 10 in favor
Of and l?j against IL passage This was
very full vote.
\ I'LL to buy seed for the sufferers by last
year, drought in Texas. which passed both
houses ol Congress. was vetoed 10y the Pres
idcnt on the ground that there was no war
rant Iva the constitution for such list Of the
public funds. and that to permit it to be
come a law would be to establish q PERM
chou, and dangerous precedent
The substitute anti-poygany bill, agreed
upon los q conference committee Of the Sen
ate aud House, was called up in the Senate
last Friday by Senator Edmunds and passed
after short debate by the strong vote Of
3, to 10. 1t is now in the hands Of the
President for his approval The bill in
rludrs all the essential features Of the orr
unul Edmund, hill, including the section
d,solving the corporation of the Mormon
church. aud is the most effective measure
vet devised Tor destroying the power of the
pplygamists The Mormon leaders in Wash
mgton profess to make light Of it, aud say
that their church will only grow the strong
rr under persecution.
Congress ha, passed bill to settle the
vcxed trade-dollar question which provides
that holders Of these dollars may have them
redeemed at the treasury dollar for dollar
during the next six months in standard sill
yer dollars or smaller coin The trade dol
lars thus redeemed are TO be recoiued in
standard silver dollars or subsidiary coins,
hut this recoinage is not to he counted as
part Of the silver bullion required to be
purchased and coined monthly under the
terms Of the Bland silver act. The bill is IA
happy hit for the spectators who bought
the dollars at - cents and have since been
boarding them, but it doesn't help out the la
boring men and other common sort of people
who had to take the dollars at par and then
were obliged to dispose of them for what
ever they could get Taken all in all the
United States doesn't appear to very ex
rellent advantage in this matter
\ hill Incorporating the Nicaragua mari
time canal company passed the Senate on
Monday. warmly championed by Senator
Edmunds during the spirited debate which
took place upon it. The passage was by
vote of 80 to }. The bill names Frederick
Billings and ten other prominent capitalists
'and their associates as incorporators of
the company, with their principal office in
A..,.l- IL, ". 4 A.
not less than fifty nor more than one hun
dred millions. The aggregate of all charg-
ro. dues and tonnage is to be reasonable and
not above certain fixed rates which are nam
ed. The United States is to exercise such
control over the canal as is provided for by
the treaty with Nicaragua and not inconsis-
tent with any treaty obligations of the Unit
eel state, with any power Ten millions of
the capital stock must he taken within two
years and the work of construction be he
gun within four years, or the charter is
void
The far northwestern territories are hav-
ing Il terrible winter. and the suffering of
man and beast is great, with much loss of
life. hut the Rutland Herald is probably
right when it says that this suffering is mot
much greater than would he experienced in
Vermont or in northern New York if no
better provisions for comfort existed here
In few years food and shelter will he pro
vi'led there for man and beast, and then
the winter will he passed with no greater
discomfort than exists in any region of cold
and SNOW The dreadful thing to contem-
plate is the enormous suffering and loss of
animal life on the great ranches from freez-
ng and starving. Last winter the railroads
over the great plains of western Kansas and
beyond were literally lined with the carcass
of cattle which had succumhed to the
c"ld and this year the poor animals are dy-
ing lay the thousand and ten Thousand in
Dakota, Wyoming and Montana The
Stnrkmen laugh mt the idea of providing
shelter for such large herds of cattle, and
say that such winters are rare exceptions /:
but the teaching of the commonest dictates
Of humanity is that riches are hardly earn
ed that come at the cost of such suffering
10y helpless animals, even for one winter.
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